AC 120-42B ETOPS and Polar Ops - Code7700

AC 120-42B 6/13/08personnel involved in ETOPS properly accomplish ETOPS maintenance requirements. Thecertificate holder is responsible with acceptance from the CHDO to determine which personnelare involved in ETOPS, and ensure that each person’s level of ETOPS training is commensuratewith their level of involvement with ETOPS airplanes. Customarily, ETOPS training is intendedfor Line and Hanger Maintenance personnel, Centralized Maintenance Control personnel andEngineering personnel, where applicable, but it does not necessarily include the various shoplevel employees. For example, a mechanic who is performing pre-departure service checks maybe required to have a higher level of ETOPS training and qualification than a mechanicperforming routine tasks on non ETOPS significant systems during a heavy maintenance check.A technician working ETOPS significant systems in an HMV (Heavy Maintenance Visit)environment must be appropriately trained for ETOPS, but need not be ETOPS qualified.Recurrent training in all maintenance areas should be established and used to inform personnelinvolved in ETOPS about new equipment, requirements, operator programs, etc. Experience hasshown recurrent training is a valuable instrument in “lessons learned” for ETOPS operations.c. In the line maintenance environment, ETOPS-qualified maintenance personnel are thosewho have successfully completed the certificate holder's ETOPS qualification program, and whohave satisfactorily performed extended range tasks under the direct supervision of anFAA-certificated maintenance person. The person giving the direct supervision must have hadprevious experience with maintaining the particular make and model airplane being used by thecertificate holder. For new airplanes, it is understood the certificate holder may not have an FAAcertified maintenance person available who has previous experience with the newly introducedmake and model airplane. In this instance, the training received from the manufacturer'smaintenance training program, or a comparable program would be acceptable.303. ETOPS FLIGHT OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS.a. Airplane Performance Data. The certificate holder may not dispatch an airplane on anETOPS flight unless it makes performance data available to its flight crewmembers anddispatchers that support all phases of ETOPS operations, including divert scenarios. Thisperformance data will contain the following information:(1) Detailed one-engine inoperative performance data including fuel flow for standardand nonstandard atmospheric conditions, which should be demonstrated as a function of airspeedand power setting, where appropriate. This data will cover:(a) Driftdown (includes net performance);(b) Cruise altitude coverage including 10,000 feet;(c) Holding; and(d) Altitude capability (includes net performance).(2) Detailed all-engine-operating performance data, including nominal fuel flow data,for standard and nonstandard atmospheric conditions, which should be demonstrated as afunction of airspeed and power setting, where appropriate. This data will cover:Page 24 Par 302